If a monk tells a monk, “Tell so-and-so to tell so-and-so to steal such-and-such goods,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct. In telling the next person, there is an offense of wrong conduct. If the potential thief agrees, there is a serious offense for the instigator. If he steals those goods, there is an offense entailing expulsion for all of them. If a monk tells a monk, “Tell so-and-so to tell so-and-so to steal such-and-such goods,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the other monk tells someone else than the one he was told to tell, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the potential thief agrees, there is an offense of wrong conduct. If he steals those goods, there is no offense for the instigator, but there is an offense entailing expulsion for the messenger and for the thief.

If a monk tells another monk, “Steal such-and-such goods,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the other monk goes, but returns, saying, “I’m not able to steal those goods.” If the first monk tells him again, “When you’re able, then steal those goods,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the other monk steals the goods, there is an offense entailing expulsion for both.

If a monk tells another monk, “Steal such-and-such goods,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct. He then regrets it, but does not say, “Don’t steal them.” If the other monk then steals those goods, there is an offense entailing expulsion for both.